Posts by Erika Peiffer

Let The Good Times Roll: April 2024

Let The Good Times Roll: April 2024

April 10th 5:00-6:00PM in Galaxy Hall April 24th 5:00-6:00PM in Galaxy Hall Join Erica and Erika for our gaming hour for those in grades 4-8! No registration required. Our gaming stations will include the following: Sorry! – Try to get all your pieces home before your friends can say “sorry!” and send you back to base. Parcheesi – This classic strategy game has you and your friends race around the track and attempt to block each other's paths. Who will get their pieces home first? Connect 4 – Have a chill session of making 4 connections of your colored tokens
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March 24, 2024 11:34 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, Homepage Teens, Kids, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: events for kids in White Plains, games, Let the Good Times Roll, RPG, table top games, tabletop games, and The Trove.

April Trove Book Groups

April Trove Book Groups

April Book Bunch April 30th @ 4:30PM Click here to register Join Caroline for a book discussion and game for 4th-8th graders! We will be reading Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca. Reha is an 8th grader trying to navigate her life as a daughter of immigrant parents while also surviving her predominantly white school. Feeling like an outsider in both aspects, Reha gets an extra dose of turmoil when her mom is diagnosed with leukemia. The Trove will provide a free copy of the book for the first eight individuals to register for the discussion. When the books
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March 20, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Book Discussion, Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, Homepage Teens, Kids, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: book bunch, book discussion, Book discussion for kids, book discussion for middle grade students, Graphic Novel Book Club, and The Trove.

Creepy Chronicles: March 2024

Creepy Chronicles: March 2024

For the kids looking for more dark and twisted tales, Erika is here to bring you a middle grade scare! The Radium Girls: Young Reader’s Edition by Kate Moore All available formats After the discovery of the Radium element by the Curies in 1898, America was eager to find a use of it to gain as much profit as possible. From paint to beauty products, radium was soon added as a ‘cure all’ ingredient. When the United States Radium Corporation opened its doors for women to work as watch dial painters in 1917, they assured the women the paint was
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March 16, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: books for kids, Creepy Chronicles, middle grade, middle grade fiction, Spooktober, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

March K-6 Programs at The Trove

March K-6 Programs at The Trove

For our elementary schoolers, please join us for our K-6 programs! In March we will be learning about hedgehogs, the stars, and Persian New Year. Plus, we’ll try out our acting chops with a reader’s theater. Under the Trees VR March 7th @ 4:30PM Experience Virtual Reality (VR) without a headset in the library's newly installed panoramic content room. Views from 360° content and we will read stories, sing songs and learn facts about the forest and the animals that live there. Free ticket required. Please pick up tickets starting 30 minutes before the program. Starry Night Storytime March 14th
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February 26, 2024 2:38 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: children's events, children's events in White Plains, events for children in westchester, events for children in white plains, and events for kids.

Let The Good Times Roll: March 2024

Let The Good Times Roll: March 2024

March 6th 4:00-6:00PM in Galaxy Hall March 20th 4:00-6:00PM in Galaxy Hall Join Erica and Erika for our gaming hours for those in grades 4-8! No registration required. Our gaming stations will include the following: Sorry! – Try to get all your pieces home before your friends can say “sorry!” and send you back to base. Parcheesi – This classic strategy game has you and your friends race around the track and attempt to block each other's paths. Who will get their pieces home first? Connect 4 – Have a chill session of making 4 connections of your colored tokens
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February 26, 2024 2:25 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, Homepage Teens, Kids, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: events for kids in White Plains, games, Let the Good Times Roll, RPG, table top games, tabletop games, and The Trove.

March Trove Book Groups

March Trove Book Groups

March Book Bunch March 19th @ 4:30PM Click here to register Join Caroline and Erika for a book discussion and a game for 4th-8th graders! We will be reading Fast Pitch by Nic Stone. Softball player Shenice aims to lead her U12 team to the championships, but fast balls come her way with proving herself as the sole Black player on her team, a possible setup against her family, and ability to juggle it all while on the field. Can Shenice solve her family’s mysterious past and prove herself as a team captain? The Trove will provide a free copy
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February 26, 2024 11:02 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Book Discussion, Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, Homepage Teens, Kids, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: book bunch, book discussion, Book discussion for kids, book discussion for middle grade students, Graphic Novel Book Club, and The Trove.

Creepy Chronicles: February 2024

Creepy Chronicles: February 2024

For the kids looking for more dark and twisted tales, Erika is here to bring you a middle grade scare! The Skull by Jon Klassen All available formats Otilla is a young girl running away from a very bad place. As she is escaping her past, she comes across a house in the woods, and in the house resides a skull. No body, just skull! As Otilla and the skull befriend each other, we learn the skull has a secret. Can Otilla and the skull survive the night? This story will leave you lingering with some questions including what could
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February 16, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: books for kids, Creepy Chronicles, middle grade, middle grade fiction, Spooktober, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

February Trove Book Groups

February Trove Book Groups

February Book Bunch Tuesday, February 27th  @ 4:30PM Click here to register Join Caroline and Erika for a book discussion and trivia for 4th-8th graders! We will be reading Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston Just when Amari hits her lowest point of losing her scholarship and her brother being MIA for weeks, she finds a mysterious briefcase that will change her life forever. Now competing for a coveted spot in a supernatural organization, can Amari prove herself as an ally to her classmates and save her brother? The Trove will provide a free copy of the book
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January 14, 2024 3:44 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Book Discussion, Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, Homepage Teens, Kids, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: book bunch, book discussion, Book discussion for kids, book discussion for middle grade students, Graphic Novel Book Club, and The Trove.

January Trove Book Groups

January Trove Book Groups

January Book Bunch Thursday, January 25th @ 4:30PM Click here to register Join Caroline and Erika for a book discussion and trivia for 4th-8th graders! We will be reading Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao. Zachary Ying always struggled with his identity as a Chinese American and Hui Muslim boy in a predominantly white town. To his surprise, he gets roped into assisting the spirit of the first Chinese emperor via his VR headset on a journey through China from ancient spirits. The Trove will provide a free copy of the book for the first eight
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December 17, 2023 10:57 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Book Discussion, Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, Homepage Teens, Kids, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: book bunch, book discussion, Book discussion for kids, book discussion for middle grade students, Graphic Novel Book Club, and The Trove.